Hawaii, United States
Experienced military pilot (since 1992) & Safety Officer (since 1998) directing programs in organizations ranging from small 45 person company to Afghanistan's entire ISAF Regional Command South's 78,125 sq mile, 50 Forward Operating Bases, 23,000+ personnel. And JPAC's global AO. Total military experience 26 years. Recent Pre-Law (BS Legal Studies) graduate, University of Maryland (2018) enroute to Juris Doctorate (JD). TOP SECRET Security Clearance. Specialties: Safety, Leadership, Aviation, Accident Investigation, Military, War Planning, Executive/Senior Staff, Incident Command System (ICS), Crisis Action Planning (CAP), Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy, Policy
As Safety Manager for Hawaiian Operations I was responsible for leading, managing, and training all safety aspects of H&M Safety and hazard elimination for all civil construction, high voltage to extreme high voltage electrical power transmission and distribution (ET&D), substations, telecommunication, and fiber optic lines of business to all 250+ employees throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Trained in DuPont's worldclass SMS and signature centerpiece 'Bradley Curve'. Developed and managed SOPs integrating contract helicopter airops + developing our organic CASEVAC program shared by all ET&D/IBEW competitors and Queens Hospital which actually saved a life in 2014. Responsible for supervising, mentoring, schools, travel + professionally developing 5 subordinates. Investigating accidents + integrating Lessons Learned to prevent repeats. I developed the annual Safety Plan + budget, (including PPE), record keeping, reports for corporate and regional headquarters. Conducted new employee onboard safety training, daily tailgate, weekly, quarterly, and annual safety training. Corporate driving trainer. Responsible for technological innovations such as integrating iPads and digitized, real-time reporting. Project Management Team responsible for building safety into every project. This included leading the collaboration to develop Job Hazard Analysis (JHAs) and incorporating EM 385-1-1 into Project Management Plans (PMPs), leading the Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA), Accident Prevention Plan (APP), Site Safety and Health Plan (SSHP), HAZMAT/BioMAT, HAZWOPER, drug-testing. Served as lead liaison for conferences and negotiations with federal OSHA and state HIOSH. Major projects include Honolulu Rail Project, Kahuku Windfarm Oahu, Kawailoa Windfarm Oahu, Auwahi Windfarm Maui, Kaheawa (KWP II) Windfarm Maui, HECO’s ongoing infrastructure renewal (Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Lanai), Oceanic installation (statewide), and Hawaiian Telecom's Revival---upgrade from copper to fiber optic.
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) Safety Director (Global) Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) J-3 Officer-In-Charge, Southeast Asia Airfield Safety Officer, Battalion Safety Officer, Company Safety Officer Attack Helicopter Pilot-in-Command (OH-58D Kiowa Warrior) Recon Helicopter Pilot-in-Command (OH-58 A/C) Utility Helicopter Pilot (UH-1 Huey) Certified OHST Board of Certified Safety Professionals BSI OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor (Exemplar Global) BSI ISO 45001 Lead Auditor (Exemplar Global) NTSB Helicopter Crash Investigation (NTSB Training Center, Washington DC) NTSB Railway Crash Investigation NTSB Highway Crash Investigation NTSB Photography of Accident Scene DoD Joint CP-12 Safety and Occupational Health Program, U.S. Army Safety Center Ft Rucker Safety Officer, Accident Investigator, Risk Mitigation Aviation Safety Officer, U.S. Naval Safety Center, School of Aviation Safety, ASO, NAS Pensacola Aviation Safety Officer, U.S. Army Safety Center Ft. Rucker Tactical Operations Officer (TACOPS) Operations War Planner Personnel Recovery Officer (JPRA PR 102 thru 303) USDA Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, 700, 800 U.S. Navy Electronic Attack Weapons School (EAWS) NAS Whidbey Island, WA Electronic Warfare Counter IED Officer (EWO C-IED) Joint Inter-Agency Coordination Group (JIACG), Joint Forces Staff College, NAS Norfolk, VA Joint Multinational Planner's Course Graduate (JIMPC), Joint Forces Staff College, NAS Norfolk, VA Senior Staff Officer's Course, Ft Rucker, Alabama Staff Officer's Course, Ft Rucker, Alabama HMLA 267, Camp Pendleton, California 10ACCS, Silk Purse Control Group, CINCEUCOM, RAF Mildenhall England United States Air Force (USAF) United States Marine Corps (USMC) 5.0/5.0 Pros/Cons HonorGrad Basic, HonorGrad Crewchief Crs United States Army (USA) US Cavalry SERE-C, Fairchild AFB, WA Water Survival, Fairchild AFB, WA Nikon School Digital Photography Keel Boat, Small Sail, Motor Boat Certifications
Principal safety advisor to Battalion and Company Commanders; Stephenson reduced Class A mishaps 100%. His force of energy and creativity in implementing initiatives and constantly "banging the drums" of risk mitigation, hazard elimination, and continued assessment throughout all phases of tasks increased vigilance throughout the organization. He was leader and responsible for all air and ground safety operations spanning 2 military bases, 1 airfield, $631,000,000 in helicopter, tanks, armored fighting vehicles, trucks, refuel tankers, HMMWVs, and 800 personnel while pulling 3 consecutive years/tours of real-world alert and aerial patrols of the 'No Fly Line' along the dangerous DMZ separating North and South Korea. PIC, 'No Fly Line' Trainer, OPLAN 5027 Trainer. His duties included accident prevention and investigation, safety training, risk assessment, risk mitigation, fall protection, explosives safety, HAZMAT/HAZWOPER, hearing and vision conservation, director/coordinator of emergency response, report/SOP writing, and author of the Your Safety Eye monthly newsletter. Investigated scores of air and ground accidents Class B thru G. Duties included overseeing safety aspects of construction and facilities maintenance and repair, on-station fire department, ammunition and explosives handling and storage, fire safety training, and emergency response plan.
Principal safety advisor to the Commanding Admiral/General, and chief executive officer of the joint service Safety Program of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. Worldwide mission and deployments 'To Find and Bring Our Missing Heroes Home'. Main job was to keep our people safe everywhere in the world. Developed and implemented safety standards for 400+ personnel operating in joint forces and civilian teams conducting research and excavations in host nations. Synthesized policy and doctrine localizing EO 12196, DoDI 6055.1, AR 385-10, AFI 91-202 & 203, OPNANIST 5100.23, and ANSI Z10-2005. Established Integrated Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) and Reason's Decision Tree as the principal accident/incident investigation methodology and command standard for determining root causes and using information to avoid repeat occurrences. Regularly authored Commander JPAC communications to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, DPMO. Staff resident aviation expert on Task Force to implement AMC Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) safety standards to protect all JPAC personnel in accordance with 32CFR Part861. Developed CASEVAC/MASCAL plan detailing international response from point of injury to U.S. standard Level 1 medical care providers within each country of operations. Developed the radiation response plan detailing protection/avoidance to deploying/redeploying personnel from hazardous radiation resulting from the March 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant meltdown resulting from the magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Representing the United States in semi-annual, bi-lateral "country talks" as part of a delegation with US State Department officials and United States Ambassadors to Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia negotiating the US' interests in agreements, terms, and conditions for executing JPAC's mission 'To Find and Bring Our Missing Heroes Home' in/from their countries. Command subject matter expert in JOPES. Authoring the entire OPLAN for missions in the countries of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. Authored the entire annual J-3 FY Operations Plan for all FY2011 JPAC operations for the execution of recovery missions all over the world. Duties include Project Management leader and team member, designing and conducting OPORD and mission execution briefings to the Admiral/General Commander, staff, and executors; conducting field assessments in the respective countries; meeting with Department of State partners in the respective countries to determine the geo-political environments and their affects in Mission; publishing the PACOM Tasking Order for manning recovery missions and logistical support; meeting with PACOM representatives to broker tasking and logistical support. Regularly authored Commander JPAC communications to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, DPMO. Sponsored planning with PACOM Service Commands to ensure manning detailed in the OPLAN/OPORD to conduct each deployment/excavation mission.
Principal Safety Advisor to the NATO British (UK) Commanding General RC-South, Kandahar Airfield. Directed and managed the safety/risk mitigation program for 23,000+ military/civilian personnel from over 19 countries at 50+ Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) across 4 PRTs, 78,125sq miles in war during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan. This included DoS, USAID, and other OGAs. Conducted/presided over accident investigations using HFACS to reduce accidents, save lives and equipment, reduced cost. Successfully unifying air and ground safety standards cooperation of countries as diverse as the United States, France, New Zealand, Estonia, Great Britain, Portugal, Denmark, Italy, South Korea, Bulgaria, Germany, Australia, Canada---just to name a few in the very difficult task of standardizing, enforcing, and maintaining aggressive safety standards at war where, historically, accident fatalities and injuries rival combat fatalities and injuries.
J-3 Aviation Battlestaff member and principal helo aviation tactical war planner for the NATO British (UK) Commanding General, RC-South's joint multi-national headquarters command group. Formally schooled Tactical Operations (TACOPS) Officer tasked with utilizing expertise in MDMP, war planning, fires, aviation (lift, attack, recon, CAS, strike, electronic attack/counter-IED, rescue), JOPES, and JIMPC-JIACG utilizing the Fundamentals of War to kinetically place capabilities to successfully meet the Commanders Guidance and Task & Purpose of 'defeating the Taliban and setting conditions for OEF to transition Afghanistan to civil government rule'. Integrating Falconview, BlueForceTracker, and mircChat into all TOCs as the universal, common planning format for all air, ground, OGA, and civilian organization into theater tactical missions. Also responsible for attending and liaisoning unit planning sessions IOT ensure synchronicity, and cross-pollenating planning between TOCs and ferrying information back to the RC-South Headquarters TOC and battlestaff. Duties also included real-time tracking of missions utilizing FV, BFT, mircChat, satellite, radio, and MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, and RQ-4 GlobalHawk live feeds.
Directed and managed the planning and recovery of personnel missing or unaccounted for on the battlefield. Activated and headed the RC-South Personnel Recovery Coordination Control Center (PRCC). Several real world wartime occasions, such as the shoot down of Flipper 75. successfully executed the Theater Recovery Plan to include CSAR SPINS, ATO, ACO, and airspace and fires control; along with coordination with the JPRC, CJSOTF, DoS, and OGAs. Instrumental working with the RSO in design and implementation of the PR Program at the US Embassy, Kabul. Duties include developing, resourcing, promulgating, and rehearsing plans for the isolated, missing, detained, captured (IMDC) friendly forces and civilians for the entire southern region of Afghanistan in cooperation, and consultation with all country's military and civilian forces in the region. It included designing and implementing a multi-national ISOPREP program and negotiating political solutions to address the sensitivities of various countries to gain their support and participation. This included negotiating political solutions to various countries' "country caveats" to gain their support and participation in their respective roles as responders to IMDC events. Duties also included deploying to all corners of the Regional Command (RC) Area of Operations (AO) to integrate, educate, and train the procedures and practices to the population (military and civilian) of RC-South.